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APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. 443
the harts and eares of all ill-hearing people, and to grant
unto them His blessing, that they may be able to know
Him in His omnipotency, with admiring contemplation of
Nature, to His honor and praise, and to the love, helpe,
comfort, and strengthening of our neighbours, and to the
restoring of health of all the diseased. Amen.
A EOSICRUCIAN ALLEGORY. 1
There is a mountain situated in the midst of the earth or
centre of the world, which is both small and great. It is soft
also above measure, hard and strong.
It is far off and near
at hand ; but, by the Providence of God, it is invisible.
In it are hidden most ample treasures, which the world is
not able to value. This mountain, by the envy
of the
devil, is compassed about with very cruel beasts and ravenous
birds, which make the way thither both difficult and
dangerous ; and, therefore, hitherto, because the time is
not yet come, the way thither could not be sought after by
all, but only by the worthy man's self-labour and investiga-
tion.
To this mountain you shall go in a certain night, when it
comes most long and dark, and see that you. prepare yourself
by prayer. Insist upon the way that leads to the mountain,
but ask not of any man where it lies ; only follow your
guide, who will offer himself to you, and will meet you in
the way.
This guide will bring you to the mountain at midnight,
when all things are silent and dark. It is necessary that
you arm yourself with a resolute, heroic courage, lest you
1 See the preface to Heydon's " Holy Guide " ; also " A Suggestive
Inquiry concerning the Rosicrucian Mystery."